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ne Harpers publish "a Blot In the 'Bcufchson and
othsr Dramas By Robert BROWNING" edited b. william
J. Roife and Heloise Hersey. who have done much
70 famariss public with tho works Of tho greatest
Of living English posta Who introduction and notes
al that could be desired
p1ny yu.rs ago the nane Of Giacomo Leopard was
well known In central and southern Europe, and pario
ulay In his native country Italy, that Of poot Of
passion and Imagination learned historian and afch
ologtst and follower Of the pessmisto ,fchooi Of
philosophy In England and America he has to this day
SCARCELY been heard o. The public WIN, therefore, be
under obligations the late NJ Frederic Townsend for
the best poems Of man who has been compared by his
admir- Dante Byron These for tho most part
reflect tho sombre tone Of bis which took
their cooring from al tutense almost morbid longing
for tove and appreciation and an scuta ssnsibity be-
gortsn OF nervous And feeble physicai organization
HIS ode to Italy. written q the Of 20 Is outburst
Of passionate but almost despairins patriotism which
made his famous Throughout Italy That on the
"Mopumsut 10 Dante" and that addressed to Angelo
Mai scaeoely less nne Tho translator worked for
ysars over tho poems contained In this volume. and
Of than polished that they read like original
croatsonA Tho Rev octavius B. rockingham has sup
piled an apprecativo Introduction. The book L. pub
Ished By the PutnAns
Avery complete and useful manual 10 M Theodore Il
Mead's "Horsem snship fos Women" tHarpers) The
author treats his subject uaor four headA amateur
horse training etiquette In the saddle leapng aud buy
ting saddle horse and In to Interest and IN
struot old ridsrs wen beginners Tho chapters
etiquette In tho saddle form very entertaining reading
Many persons doubtless have never supposed that there
could b. any question which side Of q horse lady
should St NJ Meade however, gives rood reasons for
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Empress Of Austria one Of the bodsst and most
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both vayA usna them alternately. The lst, aide Il
almost universally tho rule in England but some hunt
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II omnenty proper. . matter Of precaution
only thot lady should sit the right side Of her
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her left The Illustrations By Gray Parker are nurner
ous and spirited
ZSusds A. Rasoain author Of the Story Of Cnaldea-
In tho Story Of the Nations" seriea published BY the
Putnarns, has now produced . supplementary volume
entitled the Story Of Asyri" It's CLAIM, cons!dera
ton due In part 10 tho admirably clear and compact
narrative but chiefly 70 tho fact that n Easozn, dis
missing the Idle fables and eonjsctures which have
heretofore passed for authentic Assyrian history has
gone directly 70 the royal Annals recorded in tho
Gently discovered and Interpreted cunsiform texts His
chapter Sonnachenb 10 worthy OF particular notice
~ showing how closely tho narrative Of the Assyriau
annsst corresponds With that Of tho Old Testament
wherever Jewish history Is concerned. few years
after that Kings unsuccessful invasion Of Judah,
recorded In Second Book Of Rings he overthrow tho
united forces OF Eam and Babylon in the great battle Of
Khau D. O. $50 which led to tho capture and destruc
ton Of the city Of Babylon Tho description OF this
preserved almost unin!ured OF the cylinders
employed by the cheiform nscriberz, and has been
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specimen extant OF Assyran historical literature, and
IL
In declaring that would hold its own even when
pared with the best battle pieces In literature those
Of Homer himself not excepted Tho illustrations IN this
interesting volume are numerous and excellent
The most recent addition 10 the Rev. II. h HaweIss
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Sanitation, Surgery, Medicine, Astronomy, Art, Pol-
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a. least approval ana all unlsEs 30 directly
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